Total Crime Rate

385.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

68.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 385.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 183.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 68.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.5 8/10
  • Public order 26.1 10/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 13.1 9/10
  • Drugs 13.1 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Marlborough East , and the 25th highest crime rate of 1,622 local areas in Wiltshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (SN8 1LT) in the last 12 months was 385.6 per 1,000 residents and was 717.9% higher than the Marlborough East average (47.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 68.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (SN8 1LT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pewsey Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pewsey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pewsey Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Other crime Pewsey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting A4 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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